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New Alzheimer's disease locus on chromosome 8.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 2006
Giedraitis V, Hedlund M, Skoglund L, Blom E, Ingvast S, Brundin R, Lannfelt L, Glaser A
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BACKGROUND: Family history is one of the most consistent risk factors for dementia. Therefore, analysis of families with a distinct inheritance pattern of disease can be a powerful approach for the identification of previously unknown disease genes. OBJECTIVE: To map susceptibility regions for Alzheimer's disease. METHODS: A complete genome scan with 369 microsatellite markers was carried out in 12 extended...
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